Det gamle Grønlands nye perlustration, eller Naturel-historie, og beskrivelse over det gamle Grønlands situation, luft, temperament og beskaffenhed; : de gamle norske coloniers begyndese og undergang der samme-steds, de itsige indbyggeres oprindelse, bæsen, lebe-maade og handtæringer, samt hvad ellers landet yder og giber af sig, saasom dyer, fiske og fugle &c. med hosføyet nyt land-caart og andre kaaber-stykker over landets naturalier og indbyggernis handtaeringer,

by: Egede, Hans, 1686-1758

Publication date: 1741

Topics: Lutheran Church, Lutheran Church, Egede, Hans, 1686-1758, Eskimos, Eskimos, Natural history, Kalâtdlisut dialect, Kalâtdlisut dialect, Indian linguistics, Indian linguistics, Imprint 1741

Publisher: Kjøbenhavn, 1741 : Tryckt hos Johan Christoph Groth, boende paa Ulfelds-Platz

Collection: jcbindigenous; JohnCarterBrownLibrary; americana

Digitizing sponsor: John Carter Brown Library

Contributor: John Carter Brown Library

Language: Danish; Kalatdlisut

Date of publication printed after place of publication on title page

The first edition was a pirated edition and was published in Copenhagen in 1729 without the author's permission. This issue is much enlarged

"Grønlands første bebyggelse, samt betaenkning om den gl. Norske colonies undergang, og om der paa den øster-side endnu ikke skulde findes reliqvier efter de gamle norske, og om samme district ikke igien kand hittes.": p. 4-22

A Greenlandic song, composed by Friedrich Christian, p. 86-93, is without music and gives a description of the performance

"Grønlaendernes sprog of tale", p. 94-105, gives a small glossary of Kalâtdlisut dialect words as well as a discussion of grammar; the three articles of faith and the Lord's prayer are also translated into the Greenlandic language

Signatures: a⁴ b² A-Q⁴ R⁴ (-R4) (R3 verso blank)

Errata: p. [2], 3rd count

Woodcut head and tail pieces; initials

Pritzel

Nissen (Zool)

Chavanne, J. Polar-Regionen

Pettersen, H.M. Norske forfattere

Alden, J.E, European Americana